Swiss attacking midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri has joined Stoke City from Inter Milan for a club-record fee of £12 million ($18.7 million, 16.9 million euros), the Premier League club announced on Tuesday.

Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini hailed the "class" of Xherdan Shaqiri after the Swiss international scored his maiden goal on his full debut to help seal a place in the Italian Cup quarter-final with a 2-0 win over depleted Sampdoria.

In the round of 16, Argentina will face Switzerland in the first tie of the day post which Belgium will be up against a resolute USA. Baichung strongly feels that Switzerland still have a good chance to pull off an upset.

Switzerland`s `Alpine Messi` Xherdan Shaqiri, hot from a hat-trick against Honduras in his last game, meets the real Messi on Tuesday as the Europeans seek a major World Cup upset when they face Argentina in the last 16.